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South Korea’s foreign worker policy founders
South Korea’s foreign worker policy founders

Foreign workers in South Korea are concentrated in labor-intensive industries despite growing calls for a “comprehensive” immigration policy to encourage …

Spurned lover takes ex’s new man hostage
Spurned lover takes ex’s new man hostage

A Korean man in his 20s took his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend hostage for five hours while brandishing a knife, before giving in to the police on Monday. …

Single largest group of Chinese tourists visits Incheon and Seoul

The single largest group of Chinese tourists to ever come by plane are on a tour of Incheon on Monday driven by the Asia-wide boom of Korean pop culture. …

144 business groups to join Park’s tour of Mexico

Representatives from 144 South Korean firms and business entities will accompany President Park Geun-hye on her upcoming trip to Mexico, the government said …

Parties adjust leadership for election campaign
Parties adjust leadership for election campaign

 With mere days left to the official election campaign period, mainstream parties are poised to elect this week the interim leadership tasked with …

A Korean table at a Denmark hospital
A Korean table at a Denmark hospital

In January, I dashed over to the Danish National Hospital (Rigshospitalet) as soon as I heard that its Neuroscience Center had an old table imbued with …

N.K. ups rhetoric with ‘ultimatum’ to strike Park

North Korea ratcheted up its rhetoric over the weekend, issuing an “ultimatum” to strike Cheong Wa Dae unless President Park Geun-hye offers an …

Anti-child abuse curriculum compulsory for divorcing parents

Amid the soaring number of reported cases of child abuse, parents in Seoul will not be allowed to divorce unless they complete a child abuse prevention course. …

Cost of child abuse skyrockets to W76tr

The direct and indirect social costs caused by child abuse in South Korea total up to 76 trillion won ($65 billion) per year, data showed. The amount includes …

N. Korean labor union blasts U.S., President Park for provocation

North Korea’s labor union on Sunday vehemently denounced the United States and South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye for carrying out military …

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